General Question

What should I do about Firefly?

I was not old enough when the show first aired on fox, but recently, I “rented” the show, and now, I am addicted to it. I don’t know what to do now. I mean, I have all the episodes and everything, but what is there to do when I am done watching it? Please help me.

Essentially, just start exploring the rest of whedon’s repitoir. He’s an absolutely incredible writer, and lends that wit to everything he has his hands in. Buffy is excellent. Angel is excellent (though it gets weak by the last few seasons.)

What is there to do? From hard-earned experience, I can tell you that the only solution is to watch it again…and again…and preferably a few more times after that. It should be viewed both au naturel and with commentary. If you speak another language, watch the translation. Once you can recite it by heart, you can probably take a break.

That break, of course, will consist of watching Serenity for the requisite dozen viewings (the first with terror in your heart, because its bloody disturbing, and then with gaining confidence). With that done, you settle back for a life of misery lit only by the faint hope that the show will get picked up again, or that the Fox headquarters will be swallowed by an earthquake of divine precision.

Also, you are in good company on Fluther. Search on old questions and you will see there are a lot of Firefly fans here. It is still a total mystery to me why such a great show didn’t work. I loved Serenity too.

A couple of good suggestions (nay, essential) have been made: watch repeatedly, including Serenity. Don’t miss the commentaries. Start exploring Whedon’s other works. And there’s one specific work that you should know about now, as it’s happening:

Dollhouse, Joss Whedon’s new show, airs on February 13th. I certainly plan on watching.

And now, I must go watch the first episode of season two of Angel.

Note: I never, ever thought that I would like Buffy. I am now the proud and happy owner of both the Buffy and Angel box sets. They’re different than Firefly, but at least it’s another taste of Whedony goodness. (And yes, Dr Horrible is very good, too. But I expected to like that. The Buffyverse, however, surprised me. And don’t give up in the first season of Buffy, ‘cause it gets better.)

I have recently watched all the episodes on Hulu (they are evil), and the Movies makes more sense now. I would say I am most like Mr. Universe although I think I can get a real girl friend. My favorite character is a tossup between Walsh and Kaylee.

Well, I have to keep her- how else to protect us from the reavers? So I guess we’re good.

Funny you should ask that; if the goslings were small enough and didn’t struggle too terribly, I could actually juggle seven of them! And you wondered how Jayne spent his time when he’s not in his bunk.

There is no such thing as justice. When the series was new I was young and thought Niska was scarey and refused to watch… Part of me blames my self. Stupid child! sigh. It’s a gorram shame, that’s what it is. The perfect show. Battle Star numbs the pain, but this is its last season. Dr. Horrible is a good Whedon/Fillion fix. I’m pretty sure Firefly would have eventually had a musical episode if there was such a thing as justice. Sigh…

I second Cowboy Bebop! It’s essentially a very similar premise (it’s good all on it’s own as well).

Also there is a comic book continuation of the series. I believe there are three so far that span the times between the series and the movie.

Also, lol at xkcd. You’ll find a fairly large group of fans on xkcd.com

I think the major difference between Firefly and most Sci-Fi shows is that it is ‘hard’ science fiction as opposed to the softer stuff of Star Trek or the likes. That’s at least why I like it. Cowboy Bebop has a similar take on it.